Farm-gate.



R. J. RASM USSEN.

FARM GATE APPLICATION FILED AUG.I4. [9H5- Patented Nov. 6, 1917.

' inventor. Reismus Rasmussen eas es.

RASMUS a. nasi/inssnitor nnvrns ens, nonrrr DAKOTA.

Fania-GATE;

Specification of Letters Patent. 7 Patented Nov. 6, 1917.

Application filed August 14, 1916. Serial 110. 114,868.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatl, EASE/[US J..RAsMUs- SEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Devils Lake, in the county of Ramsey and State of North Dakota, have invented certain new and useful improvements in a Farm-Gate, of which the following is a specification. w

One object of my invention is-to provide a farm gate that may be opened from either side from the common vehicles used about a farm. I

Another object of my invention is to provide means for automatically swinging the gate about a hinged support at one of the lower corners from a horizontal to a vertical position.

Another object of my invention is to provide means for locking the gate in its vertical position.

Another object of my invention is to pro vide means for releasing the gate from its latch in the vertical position and allow it to return to its normal position from its own weight. 1

With these and incidental objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction and combination of parts, the essential elementsot' which are hereinafter described with reference to the drawing which accompanies and forms a part of this specification.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a fence with my improved gate incorporated therein, in which the gate is shown in full lines in its normal or horizontal position, and in dotted lines in its vertical position.

Fig. 2 is a view taken at right angles to Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrow A, Fig. l to illustrate the operative means by which the gate is opened and closed. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail of the hinged corner of the gate in side elevation.

Fig. 1 is a view of the same corner of the gate viewed in the direction of the arrow B, Fig. 3, and 5 is a view of the posts at the free end of the gate taken in the direction of the arrow C, Fig. 1.

T he gate 1 is swung by a trunnion shaft 2 in the post 3, as shown in Figs. 1 and e, and a bumper l supports the free end of the gate in. its closed position and serves to take up the jar of the gate when lowered.

The posts 5 are chamfered oifat their upper end to better guide the free end of the gate as it is swung downwardly.

Bolted or otherwise suitably attached to the frame of the gate is a double flange 6,

which is integral or rigidly attached to the trunnion shaft 2, and an arm 7 also carried by the flange 6 is connected at 8 by a suitable cable 9 to the operating lever 11 at 10,

which has suspenc ed from the other end 13 a cord 1i, terminating in a suitable knob.

By pulling downwardly on the cord 14 through theleverageobtained about the fulcrum point 12, the gate whichis counterweighted bythe weight 15 may be readily swung upward to its vertical position, as shown dotted at 16, Fig. 1. k

, The posts 14:- which support the gate, also the guide posts 5, are preferably embedded in concrete footing as shown at 17 and 18, big. 1.

A dog19 is adapted to register with the notch 20 in the flange 6 when the gate is in its elevation position, and as this dog is carried by the post 1% the gate will be maintained in its vertical position against the action of the spring 27,'which has one end attached to the flange 6 at 29 and the other end to the post 1% at 30.

A small gate 24 hinged at 25 to the movable gate and latching on one of the posts 5 at 26 is provided for access through the main gate.

Attached to the dog 19 is a cord 21 running upwardly over the rings or pulleys 22 and terminating in a downwardly projecting cord 23.

A second cord also runs from the dog 19 through the eye 31 downwardly below the gate through eyes 32 and upwardly on the other side of the gate where it has a similar cord 21 to allow the gate to be released from either side. The spring 27 starts the gate in its downward travel until it assumes its normal position under the influence of gravity and the gate is opened from the other side of the fence by the cord 9 attached to and operating the arm .7 in the same manner as cord 9 operates arm 7.

To open the gate thecord 1 1 is pulled downwardly thus turning the lever 11 about its point 2 and lifting upwardly the point 10 to which the cable 9 1S attached, and as the other end of the cable 9 is fastened to the arm '7 carried by the flange 6 bolted to the frame of the gate, the gate is swung upwardly, the flange 6 turning the trunnion shaft 2 in its bearings.

As the gate reaches a vertical position so that most of its weight is beyond the trunnion bearing 2, the counter-weight 15 takes upmost of the orer-balancing of the gate,

but the spring 27 has been twisted by the rotation of the flange 6 so that the tendency of this spring is to start the gate downwardly when it is released from the catch which holds it in its vertical position, it being understood that the inertia of the gate is su-fi icient to overcome the spring 27 on the upward swing 01' the gate, thus allowing the dog 19 to register with the notch 20.

To lower the gate the cord is pulled downwardly and this pulls the cord 21,,

to this construction, as theapplication of my invention may be varied in many ways within the scope of the following claims:

1. In a farm gate, a pair of supporting posts, a gate mounted in a trunnion bearing in said post and adapted to swing from a horizontal to a vertical position, a dog associated with one of said posts, a latch associated with said gate and adapted toregister with said dog when the gate is in a vertical position, means operable at a distance from said gate for raising said gate, means operable at a distance from said to free said 'dog'froni said latch, and spring adapted to start said gate from itsvcrtical to its horizontal position.

' In a farm gate, the combination of a pair or supporting posts, h-orizontal'arin extending from each of said pests away from said gate, a flexible connectionbetween said gate and the farther end or each of said arms, whereby said gate may be raised, a dog associated with one of said posts, a latch associated with said gate adapted to register with said dog to maintain said gate in its vertical position,- a flexible connection running from said dog to the farther end of each of said-posts to release said dog from engagement with said latch,- a counterweight on the back end of saidgate, and spring inea-nstbetweensaid gate and one of said posts for returning said gate from its vertical to its horizontal position.

RASMDS J. RASMUSSEN:

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